How it works
Say No to Drugs in bubble letters on one sideways sheet, opening in Fredoka, the only font of the four here that keeps a white ring inside all five closed letters. It heads a poster or a classroom door for the last week of October.
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Red for October 23 to 31
Red / Ribbon / Week runs from October 23 to 31 every year and its sign is a red ribbon, so Wear Red heads the red day. After your first print, Drug free headings in bubble letters also holds Drug Free, Be / Drug Free, Proud to Be / Drug Free, Just / Say No, Healthy / Choices, Too Smart / to Start and Drug Free / Zone, with My Pledge and Pledge / Wall for the sheet a class signs.
A slogan for each dress-up day
Dress-Up / Days heads the list. Team Up / Against / Drugs suits jersey day, Too Bright / for Drugs neon, Put a Cap / on Drugs hats, Shade Out / Drugs sunglasses, Peace Out / to Drugs tie-dye and Stomp Out / Drugs boots; Hugs / Not Drugs fits any day.
- Pledge / Wall and Just / Say No print tallest of the row; Proud to Be / Drug Free prints smallest.
- Red, under Colours in More options, prints the letters red.
- A banner at One letter per page, under More options, takes twelve upright sheets, two of them an o.
Questions and answers
How do you draw say no to drugs in bubble letters?
Pencil Say No above to Drugs with wide gaps. Round every stroke into a fat outline, keep a ring inside the a, both o's, the D and the g, then rub out the pencil.
Is it drug free or drug-free?
Both are in use. The DEA's page for the week writes drug-free with a hyphen, as in a drug-free life, and the dictionary lists that form. All four fonts here draw the hyphen if you type it.
When is Red Ribbon Week?
October 23 to 31, every year, in the United States. The campaign began in 1985 and held its first national week in 1988. This site has no tie to the campaign.